BEMIS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.1M
-19.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£5.2M
-5.4% vs 2023
Employees
54
+1.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£289K
-435.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,311,841 | £8,172,388 | -20.7% | |
| Operating profit | £109,338 | -£288,048 | -363.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £86,022 | -£288,591 | -435.5% | |
| Net profit | £81,416 | -£293,307 | -460.3% | |
| Cash | £1,417,747 | £1,136,924 | -19.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,451,138 | £5,157,831 | -5.4% | |
| Net assets | £5,451,138 | £5,157,831 | -5.4% | |
| Equity | £5,451,138 | £5,157,831 | -5.4% | |
| Average employees | 53 | 54 | +1.9% | |
| Wages | £1,565,770 | £1,599,909 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £95,250 | £141,279 | +48.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.1% | -3.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.8% | -3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | -5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 45.3% | 36.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.86x | 2.24x | |
| Interest cover | 4.72x | — |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- BEMIS LIMITED 1996-04-17 → present
- CAVALIER BEMIS LIMITED 1988-03-22 → 1996-04-17
- HARRISON CAVALIER LIMITED 1986-02-21 → 1988-03-22
- HARRISON BROS. (SANITARY ENGINEERS) LIMITED 1967-10-17 → 1986-02-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “2024 showed an overall decrease in sales of 21% from £10,311,844 in 2023 to £8,172,388 in 2024. During the year the company experienced several customers going into administration or bankruptcy (5 in total). Actual gross profit percentage decreased from 20.6% in 2023 to 19.5% in 2024, mainly due to several one-off costs... The company incurred one off costs in the year ended 31 December 2024 in respect of restructuring certain aspects of operations.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPEAFI SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-04-01 | — | — |
| BANCKEN, Philippe | Director | 2019-01-23 | Aug 1967 | Dutch |
| LAFLEN, Scott | Director | 2020-05-04 | Jul 1972 | American |
| LONIGRO, Jeff | Director | 2020-06-08 | Feb 1973 | American |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JONES, Stephen Howard | Secretary | 1998-07-23 | 2001-09-28 |
| LANE, Stephen | Secretary | — | 1996-05-10 |
| ODDIE, Lee William | Secretary | 2001-10-01 | 2019-04-01 |
| WALTERS, Graham Alan | Secretary | 1996-09-11 | 1997-12-31 |
| BEMIS, Peter Francis | Director | — | 2013-10-24 |
| BEMIS, Richard Albert | Director | — | 2007-03-23 |
| GIERTZ, Norm | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2020-06-05 |
| HARRISON, David James | Director | — | 1997-05-31 |
| LUKASZEWICZ, Peter | Director | — | 2001-09-01 |
| ODDIE, Lee William | Director | 2007-03-23 | 2020-05-29 |
| PROBST, Peter Edward | Director | 2019-04-10 | 2020-05-01 |
| UBAGHS, Philippe | Director | 1998-07-23 | 2007-03-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard Albert Bemis | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 140 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-02 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2020-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-06-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2019-10-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.